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BEST AVAILABLE COP No. 791.862. PATENTED'MAY 80, 1905. O. L. PARMBNTER. PAPER REOEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 28, 1904 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Witness BEST AVAILABLE COP No. 791,362. PATENTED MAY- 30, 1905. O. L. PARMENTBR.

PAPER RECBPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED 17130.28. 1904.

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UNITED STATES BEST AVAILABLE COP Patented May 30, 1905.

ORVILLE L. FARMENTER, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO RAOINE PAPER GOODS COMPANY, OF RACINE, VVISOONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 791,362, dated May 30, 1905. Application filed December 28, 1904. Serial No. 238,576.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beitknown thatI, ORVILLE L. PARMENTER, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Racine, county of Racine, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Paper Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

; This invention relates to certain improvements in paper receptacles and the like, and more particularly relates to certain improvements in what are generally known as payenvelope. 1 An object of the invention is to provide a pay-envelop or the like with what might be termed a duplicating attachmentthatis, with a removable or detachable slip on which certain data is to be written or inscribed, du-

plicating means being provided whereby said data will be also duplicated on the envelop itself, so that the said slip will serve as a voucher or receipt for the corresponding payenvelop;

A further object of the invention is to provide certain improvements in details and ar rangements of parts whereby a novel and highly advantageous pay-envelop will be produced.

The invention consists in certain novel features in construction and arrangements and combinationsof parts, as more fully described and set forth hereinafter.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate for purposes of explanation constructions, merely as examples among others, of devices within the spirit and scope of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sheet of detachably-connected payenvelops constructed in accordance with my invention, the envelops being shown open with the detachable strips applied thereto, said strip and the duplicating-sheet being shown turned back at one corner. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the sheet of pockets or envelops before the duplicating attachment has been applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the duplicating-attachment sheet before it is pasted to the sheet of pockets or .50 envelops shown by Fig. 2, the carbon or other duplicating material sheet not being shown. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof'one of the payenvelops closed and sealed, the detachable voucher-slip having been removed therefrom, the written data being shown duplicated on the front wall of said envelop. Fig. 5'is adetail perspective view of an envelop, showing the backing-sheet and inner tube separated andalso showing the duplicating attachment and carbon-sheet separated from the envelop. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a sheet of two opened envelops, showingamodified arrangement of duplicating attachment.

I prefer to make the envelops in sheets,

each sheet consisting of a series of detachablyconnected envelops, although I do not wish to limit all features of my invention to envelops produced in connected series or sheet form,

as certain features of my invention can be em- 7 bodied in a single envelop.

In the preferred form of my invention each envelop comprises a paper tube 2, formed from a single sheet, to form flat front and rearfaces or walls and longitudinally creased or folded collapsible side walls 3. Each sidewall 3 usually has a longitudinal infold extending throughout the length of the tube, so that the tube can becollapsed and compressed and when expanded will be rectangular in cross-section. This tube is pasted on a backing-sheet 4, which extends throughout the length of the rear face of the tube and forms the rear wall of the envelop, and the lower end ofthis backingfsheet is folded over the 5' lower end of the tube and pasted down on the front face of the tube. The backing-sheet can extend approximately throughout the lengths of both front and rear faces of the tube or can extend only a short distance up on go the front face of the tube. The upper end of the backing-sheet 4: is projected a suitable distance above the upper open end of the tube2 to form a sealing-flap 5 to fold over onto the front wall-of the envelop and be pasted thereto for the purpose of closing and sealing the normally open upper end of the envelop. These flaps are usually provided with adhesive material. The lower end of the tube 2 is preferably folded over with the lower end of the backing-sheet 4 and is pasted down on the front face of the tube with said backing-sheet to compress and close the lower end of the envelop. 1 have indicated this doubled lower end of the tube by the reference-numeral 6. This doubled lower end of the tube strengthens and stiffens the lower end of the envelop against accidental tearing or opening under the weight or pressure of the contained coin and other currency. I also prefer to extend the upper end of the paper tube 2 above the transverse line on which the sealing-flap is folded down to close the envelop, so that the upper end of the tube will also be folded and doubled on itself with the sealing-flap, as indicated by the reference-numeral 7 to further strengthen the envelop when filled and sealed.

The envelops as so far described are preferably made in sheet-like form made up of a number of detachably-connected en velops, the envelops being individually complete and each capable of separation intact from the series.

Each sheet can be composed of any suitable v number of thedetachably-connected envelops by providing a single backing-sheet 1 of a length equal to the combined widths of the number of envelops to be included in the sethe sheet parallel with each other.

ries and then pasting the separate tubes on Thesheet 1 4 is provided with parallel lines of weakness or separation (as by lines of cuts or perforations) 8 between the tubes and from one edge of the sheet to the other, so as to extend through the sealing-flaps and through the front and rear plies of the sheet, whereby the envelops can be separated along said lines, each envelop separating intact from the sheet or series with its sealing-flap.

The envelops as thus described and as shown in Fig. 1 can be manufactured and kept in stock in large quantities in readiness for the application of the duplicating attachment, as hereinafter: described. The envelops can be the same for all orders, and can hence be manufactured and kept in stock; but the duplicating attachments will usually be printed for each order, so that when an order is received it will be merely necessary to print the duplicating attachments according to the directions of the particular order and then paste the attachments, as hereinafter described, to the previously-manufactured envelops taken from stock.

The preferred form of duplicating attachment for a single envelop consists of a strip or sheet of paper in width equal to the width of the envelop and in length equal to twice the length of the front wall of the envelop. This sheet is folded on itself along an approximately central transverse line to form two plies. One ply, 9, is pasted on the front face of the envelop and forms the front wall of the envelop, while the other ply, 10, is

' whatever is written or inscribed on the outerface of the ply 10 will be accurately duplicated on the outer face of the pasted ply 9. One ply is usually aduplicate of the other as to printed matter, and each ply usually has the abbreviation No. printed thereon, with a blank for the insertion of the employees number and also a line for the insertion of the employees name; also, the word Received, with a line for the insertion of the date, and below this. line appears the word of, with the name of the employer and the Sign 95, with a blank for the insertion of the amount, and the words In full for services -to date. Present this slip at pay-oflice and the words Sign here, with a line for receipting signature of the employee.

When the envelops are made detachably 9 connected in sheets, the duplicating attachments are also made correspondingly in a connected series from a single sheet of the necessary dimensions formed throughout its length with the weakened fold and tearing line 11 and with the parallel transverse weakv ened tearing-lines 13, dividing the sheet into the folded slips for each envelop. This folded sheet then is applied to the series of envelops by having its under ply 9 pasted to thefront faces of the envelops of the series, so that the tearing-lines l3 coincide with and are above and parallel with the tearing-lines 8 between the envelops. Hence when an envelop is torn from the sheet the duplicating attachment pasted thereto will separate from the sheet along the line 13, which is extended across both plies of the duplicating-attachment sheet.

The blank sheets perforated to form the series of detachable duplicating-slips can be made up in large quantities and kept in stock in blank as well as the envelops, as hereinbefore described, and said sheets according to each order as received can be printed and applied to the blank envelops from stock.

These pay-envelops are of peculiar utility where used for a voucher system in payingv off large numbers of employees. The payenvelops are preferably furnished in sheets,

each consisting of a suitable number of the l detachably-connected envelops and duplicating attachments, including the duplicatingsheet.

In using'the envelops the clerk places the loose carbon or duplicating sheet between the series of dctachably-connected voucher-slips [O of a sheet of envelops and the front walls 9 of such envelops and then writes on each voucher-slip the employees name, number, Llld date for payment, together with the mount to be paid. This data is duplicated )n the envelops, so that the data on each enclop exactly corresponds with the data on the letachable voucher-slip of that envelop. The 'slerk then detaches the voucher-slips from the :nvelops and from each other, and the slips can hen be distributed among the employees. the em ployees sign their names to the voucherlips and present the same at the pay-window, he clerk or clerks having previously placed he amounts called for by the data on each :nvelop in the latter and securely sealed the ame. These filled and sealed envelops are hen usually arranged in a receptacle and in- Zexed according to a 'cardindex system. Vhen an employee hands in his receipted 'oucher-slip, the paying teller or clerk re- ]Joves the corresponding pay-envelop from he card-index system and places the returned eceipted voucher-slip in the place from which he envelop was removed. Of course the 'ay-envelops of my invention can be used acordihg to other systems and can be otherrise. arranged than has been set up herein. f desired, the voucher-slip can be retained n the envelop until the employee has signed is name on the slip, so that his receipting ignature will be duplicated on the envelop self, or other methods can be followedin tilizing my invention. f 'lhe many advantages and utilityof my inention will be readily appreciated by those killed in the art, among other reasons beause it so materially simplifies the system of aying off large numbers of employees and f keeping the necessary records and receipts 1d because it reduces the liability of misikes and the time heretofore involved in fol- -wing the systems generally in use for paylg employees and keeping records.

Various other constructions and arrangeents of envelops and duplicating attachents can be provided within the spirit and ope of my invention. For instance, as iown in Fig. 6, the backing sheet 4 can be :tended up approximately throughout the ngth of the front face of the pocket to form .e front wall thereof and this front wall can we the data printed thereon with the blanks ft to receive the data duplicated from the :tachable voucher-slips. The duplicating tachment need not necessarily consist of a )ubled sheet one ply of which forms the out walls of the pockets; but, as shown in id last-mentioned figure, the voucher-slips n be formed by a sheet 14 in width equal to e vertical length of each slip and divided into 6 detachably-connected voucher-slips by e vertical lines of perforations 15 from the upper to the lower edge of the sheet. This sheet can be detachably secured in any suitable manner to the sheet of envelops so that each slip will coincide with its envelop and so that the carbon-sheet can he slipped beneath the sheet and over the front walls of all the pockets. I have shown this sheet pasted at its upper corners at 16 to the sheet of envelops and separable therefrom by the diagonal lines of perforations 17. The sheet is disconnected from the sheet of envelops except at the points 16, although, of course, it can be detachably-connected thereto at other points along its upper edge. With this construction after the carbon-sheet has been placed'in position the data is written in on the'various voucher-slips and duplicated on the front walls of the envelops, and then the sheet of voucherslips is detached along the lines 17 from the sheet of envelops, and then the separate voucher-slips are separated from each other.

As at present advised I do not wish to limit my invention as to all features to a sheet of connected envelops, and it is also obvious that various changes and modifications might be resorted to in the forms, constructions, and arrangements of the devices described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact constructions described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is v 1. A pay-envelop. having a normally open end and a sealing-flap to close the same, and provided with a voucher-slip secured to the envelop below the open end thereof and independent of said flap and loosely overlying a wall of the envelop and detachably joined to the envelop, said envelop adapted to receive a dliiplicating-sheet between said slip and said wa 2. A pay-envelop having a normally open end and a sealing-flap to close the same, and provided with a voucher-slip below said open end and overlying a wall of the envelop, said wall and slip having the same data and blanks thereon and adapted to receive an interven-- ing duplicating-sheet, said slip being detachably joined to said envelop and lying loosely thereon, whereby the detachment of the slip leaves the sealed envelop intact, and the emtoo ployee can exchange the voucher-slip for the sealed envelop containing his pay.

3. A pay-envelop having a closed end and a I normally open end and a sealing-flap adapted to close the same, in combination with asheet folded to form two plies connected and separable along their upper edges, the under ply pastedon a wall of said envelop below said open end and independent of said flap, said plies adapted to receive aninterposed duplicating-sheet, substantially as described.

4:. An envelop in combination with a duplicating attachment comprising a sheet folded to form two plies, one ply pasted to a face of BEST AVAILABLE COP" said envelop and forming an outer wall thereof with the outer ply loosely resting thereon and detachably connected thereto and constituting a detachable slip, said plies' adapted to receive an interposed duplicating-sheet.

5. A sheet of detachably connected onvelops, in'combination with a sheet folded to form two plies and having lines of separation dividing the sheet into detachably-connected strips corresponding to the envelops, one ply of said sheet pasted on the sheet of en velops and forming an outer wall of each envelop, the outer ply resting loosely on and etachably joined to said outer Walls, substantially as described.

'6. A sheet of detachably connected en-' velops, in combination with a sheet having a longitudinal folding and separating line along which said sheet is adapted to be folded to form two plies, said sheet being divided by parallel spaced separating-lines into slips corresponding to said envelops, one ply of said sheet adapted to be pasted on said envelops :to form a wall of each with the other ply 5 loosely overlying the same and detachabl y connected thereto, said plies adapted to receive an interposed duplicating-sheet.

7. A sheet of detachably-connected en- "velops, in combination with a sheet loosely seoverlying said sheet of envelops and detachably connected thereto and adapted to receive a duplicating-sheet between the walls of the envelops and its inner face, said sheet being separable into slips corresponding to the envelops. v

8. A pay-envelopcomplete in itself and having one wall imprinted and spaced to receive the employees name, number and amount, in combination with a duplicating attachment including a detachable voucher-slip overlying said wall and correspondingly imprinted.

9. A pay-envelop having closing means and adapted to be sealed up inclosing the employees pay and having a wall adapted to receive the employees name and the amount of pay inclosed, in combination with a duplicating attachment comprising a detachable voucherslip overlying said wall and adapted to receive the employees name and the amount, which matter is thereby duplicated on said wall, whereby the detachment of said slip leaves the envelop intact and whereby the employee can sign and hand in the slip in exchange for the corresponding sealed pay-envelop, substantially as described. I

10. A sheet of detachably-connected payenvelops, each individually complete, in combination with a duplicating attachment comprising a sheet loosely overlying said sheet of envelops and detachably joined thereto, said envelops adapted to receive a duplicatingsheet between said detachable sheet and the corresponding envelop-walls, said detachable sheet being separable into voucher-slips, each overlying an envelop-wall.

11. A sheet of detachably-eonnected envel-i ops, provided with closing means and having a loose sheet detachable therefrom and overlying one wall of said sheet of envelops and separable along lines to divide the sheet into voucher-slips, each slip overlying a wall of its envelop and the slip and envelop-wall having corresponding blanks and adapted to receive between them a duplicating-sheet. i

12. An envelop comprising a collapsible pa; per tube, a backing-sheet to which the tube is pasted, the backing-sheet being folded ovei and pasted down to close the lower end of th( tube, the opposite end of the backing-slice being extended to form a sealing-flap to folC over and close the upper normally open en of the 'tube, and a duplicating device compris ing a voucher-slip loosely overlying a wall 0: the pocket and secured thereto below the nor mally open end of the pocket and independ ently of said sealing-flap, said voucher-sli adapted to receive adupl icating-sheet betweel the same and said wall of the pocket, the enl velop remaining intact and complete on tlr; removal of said slip. l y In testimony whereof I affix my signature i1 presence of two witnesses. i ORVILLE L. PARMENTER.

Witnesses: i

ELBERT l5. HAND, MAUDE W rm). 

